back
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～ place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
back
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～ cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot"
back
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～ shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed"
back
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～ be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
back
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～ travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
back
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～ strengthen by providing with a back or backing
back
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～ give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
back away
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～ make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
backcross
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～ mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
backdate
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～ make effective from an earlier date; "The increase in tax was backdated to January"
backfire
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～ set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
backfire
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～ come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"; "the political movie backlashed on the Democrats"
backfire
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～ emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time"
background
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～ understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
backhand
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～ hit a tennis ball backhand
backlash
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～ come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"; "the political movie backlashed on the Democrats"
backlog
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～ accumulate and create a backlog
backpack
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～ hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies"
backpedal
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～ pedal backwards on a bicycle